Actigraphic motor asymmetries during sleep

Sleep

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 472-476

  Violani, Cristiano ^a   Testa, Paola ^a   Casagrande, Maria ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Hemispheric asymmetry; Motor activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 0031871834     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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